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Tianjin Open: Karolina Pliskova comfortably advances to the quarterfinals

Karolina Pliskova Tianjin 2018 Tennis: Pliskova, Sabalenka power through in Tianjin
Cassandra Castillo | 13 October, 2018, 14:11

The No. 1 seed defeated Hercog 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday to progress to the last eight.

Aryna Sabalenka still has an outside chance of making a WTA Finals debut this month and maintained her excellent form with a 6-1 6-3 defeat of Magda Linette.

Pliskova beat the Slovenian, who owns a 1-20 record against Top 20 players, for the fourth time in five meeting, with Hercog's only win coming at 2014 Beijing.

"I think I was quite good today", Pliskova told the press, after the match, the WTA website wrote.

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Fourth seed Sabalenka, beaten by Maria Sharapova in the Tianjin final previous year, will come up against Timea Bacsinszky or Misaki Doi in the quarter-finals after breaking five times to cruise through.

Sabalenka a year ago made it to the final of the Tianjin Open, where she was defeated by Russia's Maria Sharapova. She also defeated Kenin en-route to that victory.

The world No.7's 50-minute win came after a powerful start and she claimed 80 percent of her first-serve points.

Sixth seed Petra Martic recovered from losing the first set to comeback and progress to the last eight with a 1-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over China's Fangzhou Liu.

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